Hua Lihan didn't know what the two old men were talking about, but after standing still, she first put her hands together and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Elder Qin and Elder Ying."
Wei Kunyu also bowed in the same manner.
The two elderly people playing chess and bickering in the courtyard are the two most senior, most respected, and most accomplished people in the Central Plains region.
The old man was the former head of the Qin family and the current chairman of the management committee. According to seniority, he was Qin Xian's great-grandfather, and his name was "Qin Shaoji".
The old woman was the former head of the Ying family and also the president of the management committee. She was of the same generation as Qin Shaoji and was Ying Huaixia's great-grandmother. Her name was "Ying Miao".
Both of them were over a hundred years old. Going back to the era of Yan Guanshan, these two were equivalent to Qin Xian and Ying Huaixia in the present day.
However, the two elders have now retired behind the scenes for many years, and they almost never appear in public unless there is a very important matter.
Qin Shaoji looked at the two approaching and said with disdain, "Look at what you're wearing?"
Wei Kunyu looked down at his shirt and trousers in a daze. He was dressed properly, and Hua Lihan next to him was dressed similarly.
There's no problem at all. I even ironed my clothes before leaving the house!
Qin Shaoji tapped the table several times with his knuckles.
"I already said we were just having a meal in the courtyard, so let's keep a low profile. Look at what you're dressed like you're at a clothing store opening! You're attracting too much attention! As you get older, why are you becoming more and more pretentious?"
Qin Shaoji rattled off a string of words, which Hua Lihan took to heart with a blank expression, while Wei Kunyu grinned, blushing slightly at his words.
"Alright! Does everyone have to be as sloppy as you to be considered low-key?"
Ying Miao rolled her eyes at Qin Shaoji, then turned to the two of them with a smile and waved, "Xiao Hua, Xiao Wei, come and sit down."
"All you do is protect them. Once they're all dressed up and expose us, we'll be wiped out!" Qin Shaoji said angrily.
A chuckling voice came from outside the door: "Elder Qin is still as humorous as ever. Who in the world has the ability to wipe out everyone in this courtyard?"
Gu Lianghan, Shen Cangbai, and Si Tuoyuan walked in from outside the door.
Seeing Gu Lianghan and Shen Cangbai dressed so formally as if they were attending an international conference, Qin Shaoji felt a pang of envy.
"Alright! The one in the changing clothes is here."
"See? See? I think so too! Don't you know what it means to be low-key!"
A man popped out from behind the two of them. He looked to be in his fifties, but his hair was dyed a golden red, and every strand of hair was carefully fixed with hair wax. His hoodie and trousers were casual and low-key, but he had chosen a red hoodie and green trousers!
But this person has absolutely no self-awareness and is actually happy about it: "Look at my outfit, this is what it means to blend in, this is what it means to live, this is what it means to be low-key."
Looking at Gu Lianghan and Shen Cangbai, both dressed in red and green: ...
Qin Shaoji closed his eyes in despair: "What's with the 'low-key' nonsense?!"
Ying Miao looked at Si Tuoyuan, who was exactly like him, and her expression was indescribable: "Um, Xiao Si."
"Goddess Miao, it's been a long time! You've become even more elegant!" Si Tuoyuan greeted Ying Miao with a smile, grabbing her hand.
Ying Miao smiled insincerely: "Xiao Si, it's been years, and you're still as...unique as ever."
Si Tuoyuan flicked a strand of hair from his sideburn: "I knew Grandma would understand me best."
Ying Miao sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.
Gu Lianghan and the other three looked at Si Tuoyuan as if he were a maverick monkey.
This person has been around for decades. As he gets older, his eccentric personality has also grown, and surprisingly, this personality has even found a successor.
Si Yehong, who was having a blast at home, cried out, "Achoo!"
"Which beautiful woman is thinking of me?"
Qin Shaoji waved his hand dismissively, as if swatting flies: "Quickly, quickly, sit down! Don't stand up, you're all so big and strong, don't you know yourselves? You're blocking the sun!"
Around a small table, several rows of small stools were set up, where the most powerful and influential figures in the Middle Kingdom sat in a row.
Following closely behind, the heads of the Yan family in District 4, the Lu family in District 5, the Xiao family in District 6, and Qiu Quan, the president of the Nine Dogs Society in District 7, arrived one after another. These four sat a little further away from Si Tuoyuan, with Gu Lianghan and his group of four further ahead, and two elderly people in the very center.
"Only Xiaofeng and Jiuqu are left." Qin Shaoji fiddled with the string of beads in his hand.
No sooner had he finished speaking than three more people walked in from outside.
Leading the way was an elderly man with long, flowing white hair, possessing a somewhat otherworldly air. He was Feng Mingyue, the former head of the Feng Huo Hall in the Eighth District and Hua Anning's master.
Beside him stood a hunched, old, and sinister witch.
Half a step behind the other two was the gentle and refined Lu Yanhuai.
Qin Shaoji stacked the captured chess pieces aside: "Now, everyone's here."
Apart from Qin Shaoji and Ying Miao, everyone else stood up and greeted the two newly arrived elderly people.
Ying Miao looked at Granny Wu and sneered, "How strange, I didn't expect you to be representing the Dragon Faction at the meeting. The Dragon Faction really has no one left."
Ying Miao still looked youthful and charming, while the old witch, who was about the same age as her and an old acquaintance, looked extremely old and had a sense of impending death.
The old witch's voice was hoarse and unpleasant: "I'm just a nobody, but since you're here, it's understandable that I came."
This also incidentally belittled Ying Miao.
Ying Miao's face immediately turned cold: "Liu Wuxin, we haven't settled our score from back then!"
No one dared to utter a sound. They had only heard that the witch from the Dragon Sect and Ying Miao from the Management Association were once good friends but later became enemies, but they didn't know the specifics of what had happened.
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Gu Lianghan had no choice but to step in and calm things down: "Seniors, now that everyone is here, let's get down to business."
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